Board Certified by Coca-Cola!

The American Academy of Family Physicians has announced a corporate sponsorship with Coca-Cola and is also accepting an undisclosed amount of money from them as well.

The AAFP today announced a corporate partnership with The Coca-Cola Co., in which the beverage giant will provide a grant for the Academy to develop consumer education content related to beverages and sweeteners for the AAFP's award-winning consumer health and wellness Web site, FamilyDoctor.org.

According to the Kansas City Business Journal, Coca-Cola is providing a grant of an unspecified amount to the AAFP for the project.

Now it comes full circle. The drug industry manipulates and controls the drug information given to doctors and now soda companies fund the nutrition information. Good work guys! Even if the AAFP changes their mind due to public outcry it won’t be enough for me. They need to clearly state publically that drinking soda has been a significant contributor to the epidemic of overweight, heart disease and cancer in this country and is disease and death promoting. It is designed to be addicting and serving it to children is child abuse. What if the AAFP accepted funding from Phillip Morris and promoted smoking in moderation?

P.S. Just in case you didn’t know, the American Dietetic Association, the organization that certifies nutritionists and dietitians, also accepts money from Coca-Cola, as well as PepsiCo, Kellogg’s, General Mills, Mars and the National Dairy Council.

Children Eating Sweets Daily Linked to Violence

Salt Intake Related to Childhood Obesity

Researchers who analyzed the National Diet and Nutrition Survey for young people in Great Britain have found that when young people have a higher sodium intake than others their age that their total soft drink intake rises as well. On average those who consume 1g/d more sodium consumed an average of 2.3 more sugar sweetened drinks per week.1 And drinking soft drinks are associated with obesity and later life diabetes. The CDC predicts this generation of children will have significantly shorter lifespan than their parents.